status source Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of Mucibregma Fauchald and Hancock. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98(2): 332-340., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107750#page/356/mode/1uppage(s): 339 [details]

Etymology Not stated. The generic name Mucibregma is composed by the Latin prefix muci-, variant of muco- and meaning 'mucus', followed by the Latin noun with Greek origin bregma, meaning 'front of the head', and presumably refers to the presence of a mucus membrane encasing the body of the type species, attached anteriorly to the peristomium: ''The whole body was encased in a tough mucus membrane attached anteriorly to large glands on the peristomium'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 20). [details]

Taxonomy Kudenov (1985:339), examined the only specimen and suggested Mucibregma might be a member of Fauveliopsidae. [details]